Nuttier vs Nutter - What's the difference?

nuttier | nutter |


As an adjective nuttier

is (nutty).

As a proper noun nutter is

.

nuttier

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (nutty)

    • nutty

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Containing nuts
  • Reminiscent of nuts
  • * 1997 , Mary Jo Plutt, Prevention's Stop Dieting and Lose Weight Cookbook , Rodale, ISBN 0875964699, p. 210:
    • Brown rice has had only its outer hull removed, leaving it with a beige color and a a pleasantly nutty flavor.
  • Barmy, crazy, mad.

    • Usage notes

    In sense “insane”, similar to nuts, but more limited and somewhat milder: nutty means “eccentric, insane”, while “nuts” can mean either “insane” or “enthused, agitated” (“the crowd went nuts”), for which “nutty” is not used: *“the crowd went nutty”.

    Synonyms

    * nuts, squirrelly * See also

    Related terms

    * nutter * nutty as a fruitcake

    nutter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who gathers nuts.
  • (informal) An eccentric, insane, crazy or reckless person.
  • A person who is obsessed with something.

    • Synonyms

    * loony, nut, nutcase

    Related terms

    * nut * nutbag * nutty